Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.5 ARCTIC OCEAN
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 02:08:15 UTC

Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 02:08:15 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 07:08:15 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 80.11N 111.77W
Depth 10.0 kilometers
Region ARCTIC OCEAN
Distances 465 km (290 miles) NNE of Mould Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada
730 km (450 miles) NNW of Resolute, Nunavut, Canada
840 km (530 miles) W of Alert, Nunavut, Canada
1980 km (1230 miles) N of YELLOWKNIFE, NW Territories, Canada
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 6.6 km; depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=80, Nph=80, Dmin=1997.9 km, Rmss=0.96 sec, Erho=6.6 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=84.2 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2009pgad

Earthquake Location

Historic Seismicity